Disintegration

At 11:11 PM Greenwich Mean Time at the bus stop on the corner of Carver Avenue in the sleepy British … More

Something in the Tide

My best friend, Marty Darnell, used to say he could read the shape of people. I often wondered what he … More

I witnessed the curling black mushroom cloud for the briefest of moments, it reached over the city on fire like … More

“What is it worth to you, really?” That was his twisting question. Alasha looked the trade agent in the eye … More

They could read your mood. That was the most terrifying thing. I wondered if they could even read your decisions. … More

“There are twenty artefacts on the countertop, on the top floor of the Lewis temple, and there are fifty of … More

The sea was a mirror of the sky except, in one, you would drown and in the other, you would … More

It had seemed like a good idea to view the city from the highest point, which was obviously Grey’s Insurance … More

The storm was keeping Sam Morrison awake. He listened to the lid fly from the recycling bin and clatter across … More

Norman Grant didn’t believe in predetermined fate or praying to God but he was contemplating both of these ideas as … More

It was disturbing to take in the endless, neat rows of empty white seats in the preparation space. There had … More

I awoke sharply from a feverish dream, where I was standing with statuesque stillness and completely naked at a conference … More

A home is a place you should feel safe. A place to keep the dangers out. The spectres were dissolving … More

The perfect world. That is where I lived. Nothing bad ever happened. The news was only good news. The government … More

The warm, acidic sea teased the arctic coastline, just a few feet from the entrance of the seed bank. It … More

My phone battery was dead. I was on my own. I heard them sneaking around in the overgrown garden of … More

The pile of bodies was fresh, I knew that much from the lack of stench, and the blood was wet. … More

The five surly policemen were practiced at being intimidating. They walked like lions, padding through the plains, unafraid of any … More

“That…That is a monster.” He was right. He did what anyone would do when faced with a monster. He took … More

The village hall was as cold as a mountain lair when the local folk edged in to fill its cavernous … More